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Thursday, January 5, 2012

My Friend Sue

I have a friend, her name is Sue F. Our husbands work together. (You know how that is.) We live in different states, but we see each other 4-5 times a year. Our husbands talk on the phone at least once a week. And we have gotten together on quite a few different occassions. And through our joint meetings, we (Sue and I) have become pretty good friends. She is a very nice person. I know that I am blessed to have her in my life. Since we don't live close, we text more than we talk on the phone.

Anyways, I saw this small trinket the other day that made me think of her. And we are going to visit them this weekend, so I just had to pick it up. And well, I'm a paper crafter, so I decorated the box and made her a card. Her are some photos:

I wrapped the box with a 2" wide strip of pattern paper. I added some bakers twine. The flower is from a faux floral stem. I tied the button with the same bakers twine and added it to the center of the flower. I stamped the vintage tag with 'friends' and attached it to the box with a tiny clothes pin. To give the clothes pin some visual interest, I dabbed on some paint and dipped it in some glitter. Quick, easy, and looks pretty fabulous!

The card was created with pattern paper from the same line. The scallop trim was created with two of the pattern papers and a die. I added some of my favorite crochet trim to the cardstock scallops. I used a steel template to create the small notebook page. I hand stamped the sentiment. I wrapped the same bakers twine around the bottom of the 'page' and tied on a small brown button. The tiny tag was stamped with the same 'friends' sentiment and adhered under the button. I created the corsage pin with a rhinestone ring and a glass bead. I stuck the pin behind a fabric flower.

I don't have an envelope template, so I'm not quite sure how to 'line' my envelopes, so I added some pattern paper to the outside of the envelope flap. Thank you for looking. I hope my friend Sue likes her little gift.